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SnapDragon21: Oh I believe it will. Especially since it has a little something to do with wind magic itself. I believe you and everyone else will like it.
Viper4K: I put that as a comical moment. Plus he had hit the gryphon in a weak point on its head. That is definitely a idea if I can't get a real chapter out in a certain amount of time. The "pirates" had taken him to the room in the ship that Saito, Louise and Wardes were in in the book and anime. They had taken him to the water mage they had and had him healed too. One last thing, WEIRD ONES ARE THE BEST ONES!
We never die in the shadows! And neither will this story! So read, for nobody will know if it is left to die. Let us fly into the light and persevere through these trials together! FOREVER!
Chapter 14: Party Before The Storm
Yuudai looks over the ship spotting another ship. He notices that the ship is pointing cannons at a castle. "What is that stupid ship doing?" Yuudai asks. They had left a few hours earlier and are almost at their destination. "Isn't it pointing cannons at its own castle?"
"Unfortunately that is not the case." Wales says walking over. "Those are rebels that have taken our best fleet. They took it from us when they won their first battle against us."
"That must have sucked." Yuudai says.
"That's putting it lightly." Wales tells him. "We will have have to sneak past it."
Yuudai nods while the ship hides in the clouds. The ship fires a cannon at the castle putting a hole in the side. The sound of the cannon reminds him of how he killed that pirate, or so he thought at the time. His eyes widen.
"Sorry about killing one of your guys earlier." Yuudai says to Wales.
Wales smiles a bit. "It's alright. We knew the risks of what we were doing, so we knew that something like that could happen."
"Still. It is one less soldier and life. I don't like killing, but killing an innocent isn't something I even approve of. I just feel guilty." Yuudai tells Wales.
"Would you feel sorry if you killed a real pirate?" Wales asks leaning on the rails.
"Not really. It all depends on what they have done with their life up to that point. If they have never felt remorse then I won't show none for them." He replies.
"As it should be." Wales says. The ship eventually docks at a secret entrance to the castle.
"Wonderful military results I assume?" An old aged mage asks Wales.
"Well we kinda forgot about the reason for being out there." Wales admits rubbing the back of his neck.
"May I ask why this is, your highness?" The man asks politely.
"Because an ambassador from Tristain came to see us." Wales tells him.
Yuudai instantly deadpans at Louise. Louise finds his deadpanning. "What? What else could I have said? Plus it is pretty much the truth."
Yuudai places his fingers along the bridge of his nose. "So disappointing."
"What would you have done?!" She yells at him catching everyones attention.
"Easy. I would have said that we are on a secret mission for the princess of Tristain and then threatened them to take me to their leader unless they want to die." Yuudai says casually. He turns to Wales. "Speaking of which, may I please have sword back?"
Wales nods. "Fetch his sword and hand it to him. Along with these two's wands."
"Excuse me, but who are these three?" The old mage questions.
"My name is Yuudai." Yuudai tells him bowing. "This is Viscount Wardes." He says pointing at Wardes. "And this is the ambassador Blanc. Otherwise known as Louise." He introduces. Louise feels a pleasant shiver down her spine when he called her by her first name.
'Why did that feel so good?' She wonders.
"I see. Welcome to the castle of Newcastle. I wish we could give you more of a proper greeting, but with our castle nearly in ruins that is pretty hard." The old mage, Paris, explains.
A pirate hands the three their weapons back. "No worries. We didn't come here expecting a huge greeting or any at all." Yuudai tells him.
"Indeed." Wardes agrees.
"You two are a nice couple of young gentleman." Paris says smiling.
"I get that a lot." Wardes says smiling.
Everyone looks to Yuudai to hear something similar, but he doesn't. "Sorry, but nobody paid enough attention to me before I became Blanc's familiar. Therefore, I never got that from anybody other than my parents." He explains shrugging.
"Well I am sure you want to get back to your homes, so let us get the letter." Wales tells them walking into the castle. The rest follow after him without a word.
The group walk into to his room. The room doesn't have much other than two chairs, a table and one wooden bed. The painting depicts a battle scene that is pretty interesting.
Yuudai looks at the bed with a pained expression. "That has to be painful to sleep on." He says to himself.
Paris gasps loudly. "Why do you have my majesty's ring?" He questions pointing at the item on Yuudai's finger.
Yuudai sighs. "Apparently it chose me to be its user or something." Yuudai explains to the old mage.
Louise puts her head in her hand. "Why do I have such a disappointing familiar?"
"Love you too Blanc." Yuudai retorts sarcastically. Despite knowing the clear sarcasm of his words her heart beat speeds up for a few seconds.
Wales moves the painting revealing a jewelry box. He grabs it then walks to a chair next to the table. Wales opens it with a key on his necklace taking out a letter with incredible care. He kisses it then opens it reading the letter. Wales proceeds to fold it and put it in the envelope. He holds it out to Yuudai.
"I could tell how well you kept the last letter hidden, so I would like you to keep it safe while traveling to my dear cousin." Wales says as Yuudai takes the letter using great care.
"I promise to deliver this letter to her myself and will protect it with my life the same way I did with the other letter." The black haired teen promises putting the letter into a pocket inside his jacket.
"I have no doubt." Wales turns to Louise. "I know you're the ambassador and all, but I feel better giving it to him."
Louise nods. "I understand. But I have a question. Do you plan to die?"
Wales nods. "Of course. We only have three hundred men while they have fifty thousand."
"You are royally screwed." Yuudai says. Everyone deadpans at him. "Screw you guys that was funny." He turns his head and crosses his arms.
"Anyway, it is impossible for us to win against such odds. Therefore we will die with honor and glory." Wales explains having Paris nod in agreement.
"I…I have more questions. Are you and Princess Henrietta…" She trails off. Everyone knows what she is asking though.
"Yes. Henrietta and I are in love although it has been sometime sincerely I heard from her." Wales admits.
Yuudai takes a more serious posture. "You love her, right?"
"With all of my heart."
"What about your honor and glory? Which is worth dying for?" He questions. "I don't care which way you go for, but I do know that I want to know what kind of prince gave me this family heirloom. A lovestruck teen willing to die for a cause or an suicidal guy using titles to shield himself from looking bad?"
Everyone in the room stares at Yuudai and Wales in absolute shock. They had not thought things would get so serious when with Yuudai. Except for Louise. She knew how easily he could do that, but she never thought he would be so blunt to Prince Wales himself.
"When you put it like that, I would rather die for Henrietta. However, I can't let those rebels think that they can scare me away. Not even at these odds my men and I face." Wales explains sincerely. "Being a noble means to never stop defending what you truly believe in. That is what I believe."
"I see. Then I won't press on the matter of having you leave with us." Yuudai says.
Wales takes out a mini clock and smiles. "Looks like it's almost time for our party. You three are my final guests. Or, at least, I would like you to be."
Yuudai loosens up grinning slightly. "I may not go to many parties, but a royal party? Count us in!" Yuudai exclaims excited. He walks out grinning like a foolish while Louise follows him trying to act like she doesn't know who he is. Wardes stays behind. "What do you need?" Wardes whispers into his ear. "That sounds lovely. It would be my pleasure."
A little bit later Yuudai is sitting in a seat by the corner of the room. He aquired the seat by taking it before anybody else got there. He really loves how comfy it is. But he is currently almost drooling looking at the amazing feast before his eyes.
"I gotta hand it to them. They know how to make their last dinner the best looking thing ever." Yuudai says out loud.
"I guess you could say that." Wardes says to the teen.
Wales walks into the dining hall filled with all his guests and even the king. The ladies swoon over being in his presence. The king smiles trying to stand. He almost trips trying to get to Wales.
"Your Majesty! It's too early to fall!"
"Yeah, save that for tomorrow!"
The people laugh in good spirit. Even Yuudai laughs at the little joke. "Don't worry, I was sitting down for too long."
The king then makes a speach informing them than women, children and anyone else that wants to leave can leave. The whole hall of people refuse to do that. They want to serve their beloved king to the end.
Yuudai smiles feeling impressed. Impressed that there are nobles that deserve the title unlike those who flaunt the title as some tool. The feast begins and Louise runs out.
"I think you should go help her Viscount." Yuudai tells him.
"Why?" Wardes asks. He looks at his eyes following them to the table. "Is food really that important to you?"
Yuudai shoots an intensive stare at Wardes. "I haven't eaten any proper food for days now and she is your fiance so shut up and cheer her up." His ring glows a little bit as he touches his sword causing his right hand to glow too. His hair color stays black, but there are a couple of light blue streaks in his hair. He proceeds to appear on the opposite side of the room with a plate full of food.
Wardes rolls his eyes walking out to find Louise. Wales walks over to Yuudai with a smile. "I see you are enjoying the food."
The black haired teen nods. "This is amazing! I haven't had food this since I was summoned as a familiar!"
"Speaking of which, is that a common occurrence? To have a human familiar?" Wales questions curious.
Yuudai sets his plate down. "Not as far as I can tell. If I remember correctly, I am the only one in recorded history."
"Tell me, what would you do if you knew you were going to die the next day. Would you weep and complain or die fighting?" Wales asks wondering about Yuudai's personal opinion.
Yuudai puts thinking face on. "I would fight to the bitter end, but I wouldn't fight knowing I am going to die. I would fight knowing I will make it out alive. I know it sounds like hopeful thinking, but it is useless thinking about dying while fighting."
"Even against an army of fifty thousand soldiers?"
"Yes. Mostly because I would need to defend myself and thinking about that would make it pretty hard. Just think about that out of battle not in battle."
Wales laughs. "That is all too true my friend."
"I learned that the hard way. A life threatening lightning bolt right here." He points to where the area his injury used to be.
"Come Yuudai, let me introduce you to a couple other good people." Wales says leading him to the middle of the room.
Later
Yuudai is walking down the hall now smiling pleasantly. He hears the faint sound of footfall behind him. He turns finding Wales right behind him.
"Hello Viscount. That was an awesome party you missed." Yuudai tells him still smiling.
"There is something you need to know." Wardes says in a stone cold serious voice. Yuudai drops his smile to be serious too. "Me and Louise are getting married here tomorrow." Yuudai's eyes narrow. "Will you come?"
Yuudai nods. He the grabs Wardes shirt collar and pulls him closer surprising Wardes. "I am still charge of protecting her as her familiar and as a promise to the princess, so if I find anything that points to you forcing her while I am there, I will not hesitate to kill you." Yuudai pushes Wardes away now that he got his words out.
"Why don't you trust me?" Wardes questions.
He says nothing for a moment. "Some people say that first impressions are everything. I met you attacking my friend, heard you suggest leaving us behind and have fought you. I don't trust that kind of people." He explains turning around. He walks away leaving Wardes to his thoughts.
'That familiar is too troublesome. I have to hope this will work before he finds out.' Wardes thinks heading out to his own room.
End
And we are done here! How did you like it? Hopefully it was to your standards.
Yup. That little streaks in his hair is a side effect of using his Gandalfr rune while wearing the ring. Since it is based around wind magic it will naturally do that. Reason it didn't summon his gun is because he didn't want to and it wasn't enough to force it out. He could have summoned it, but he didn't.
Next, I don't know when the next chapter will come out since it is the end of volume two. It'll be more than two thousand words, but it'll take time. Depending on my motivation and ideas. Anyway, that is about it.
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